There is a deadlock issue in pcrypt_init_padata(), pcrypt_init_padata() cpus_read_lock() padata_free() padata_sysfs_release() cpus_read_lock() Narrow rcu_read_lock/unlock() and move put_online_cpus() before padata_free() to fix it. Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- crypto/pcrypt.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/crypto/pcrypt.c b/crypto/pcrypt.c index 0e9ce329fd47..662228b48b70 100644 --- a/crypto/pcrypt.c +++ b/crypto/pcrypt.c @@ -407,13 +407,14 @@ static int pcrypt_init_padata(struct padata_pcrypt *pcrypt, int ret = -ENOMEM; struct pcrypt_cpumask *mask; - get_online_cpus(); pcrypt->wq = alloc_workqueue("%s", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE, 1, name); if (!pcrypt->wq) goto err; + get_online_cpus(); + pcrypt->pinst = padata_alloc_possible(pcrypt->wq); if (!pcrypt->pinst) goto err_destroy_workqueue; @@ -448,12 +449,11 @@ static int pcrypt_init_padata(struct padata_pcrypt *pcrypt, free_cpumask_var(mask->mask); kfree(mask); err_free_padata: + put_online_cpus(); padata_free(pcrypt->pinst); err_destroy_workqueue: destroy_workqueue(pcrypt->wq); err: - put_online_cpus(); - return ret; } -- 2.20.1